Easter

We had fun dying Easter eggs a few days before Easter; all precautions were taken including stripping down Cooper and restraining Conner in his high chair in order to avoid any dye incidents. Cooper created some pretty cool eggs resulting from a five color dye bath. Easter Day was absolutely beautiful and we couldn't have asked for nicer weather to enjoy the day with relatives and celebrate the special holiday remembering our Savior.

Cooper's egg creations

I thought it was kind of cool that Conner was over a year old and it was his first Easter. (He loves jelly beans)

Haircut

We finally did it. Conner's long locks are no more. His hair had never been cut and I was tempted to keep it long, but the double cowlick/Dennis the Mennis and straightness finally convinced me to cut it. Jake our personal barber did the honors and Conner didn't mind it a bit. Now he looks like a little boy (as opposed to a baby) and I think it looks pretty darn cute.

My birthday boy and smarty pants

I can't believe my baby is 1. This past year has flown by so fast, it seems like yesterday we were coming home from the hospital. Conner has grown a lot and he is becoming more independent, demanding, and vocal. He is such a cute little guy; he makes me laugh all the time. He is on the small side unlike Cooper. He is below 15% in both weight and height, but he is an eating machine. He is also about ready to start walking by himself, which would probably help him keep up with his brother better.

Birthday Boy and Daddy
No surprise he liked the cake!

Cooper's new obsession is the states...the United States of America. He got a Leap Pad for Christmas with a U.S. map and since then has learned all 50 states. We were pretty surprised when he started telling us where states were and what family member lived there. Then we bought him a book for $1 that has pictures of each individual state and now he can name each state by just looking at it's shape. He's a smarty pants alright and I just hope he always finds learning fun.

February at a Glance

In order to prove to Ashley that I don't just blog every other month, I have to post something before March :) An exciting event occured last month, Jake turned the big 30! He was gone to Virginia training, but we had cake, balloons, and a banner waiting for him when he returned. We have been keeping busy and are loving the more mild temperatures on this side of the state. We had a fun Valentine's Day, and Cooper especially loved "Valentime's" Day, saying Santa brought him a present. Cooper had his first sleepover, his cousin K slept over and they had fun time. Only one unfortunate incident occured when K got up in the middle of the night and peed on the kitchen floor, thankgoodness it wasn't on the carpet. (We still love you K) Besides that everything went great. I think I am having a little Spring fever and have been wanting to clean, organize and get projects finished, so we spent this past weekend staying up until two in the morning to put together some office furniture (finally), and organizing our garage.

VALENTINE'S DAY!

FIRST SLEEPOVER

K holding the culprit in his hand...a cup of orange juice.

Christmas 2008

We had a great year in 2008 and we're excited to welcome 2009! Hope this new year is filled with more great memories. Here are some photos of our fabulous Christmas.

Lots of Snow!


Lots of Rockin'!

Lots of Polar express train! (Cooper playing chicken, he only lost once ;)

Mountain River Ranch was a grand ol' time; the kiddos and I all bundled up.

p.s. I'm a little out of the loop and just barely started a facebook account. I'm trying to figure it out, so wish me luck. I'm going to try to not neglect my blog, and neglecting my children for more computer stuff is not an option :)

November update here at last

Last months happenings...good times.

Holy War 2008! Jake scored us 4 tickets, parking and hospitality tent accomodations through Geico. We geared up for the game Jake, Dad, Nick and I and headed into the enemies territory. Nick and Jake were the brave soldiers obviously and I was proud of them for not hiding their true colors like I did. Nick wore a bright blue throw back Steve Young jersey and Jake wore a little less subtle BYU t-shirt. Dad and I on the other hand, though true blue fans dressed in our neutral attire. Dad wore an Ohio State hat and I wore a black jacket, hoping to avoid confrontation...a lot of good that did. The moment we set foot in the battleground of Salt Lake City, the heckling began. It was an interesting experience (thanks to Jake and Nick) to be standing almost all alone in a sea of red. We were yelled at and mocked as we made our way to our seats, hoping for a good game (key word hoping) just innocent fans wanting to watch a football game, but what took place next was quite disturbing. Grown men were yelling hatefully at each BYU fan that passed, insulting more than just the team they were rooting for. We were seated in a sea of red clad die hard U fans, who groaned as we took our seats. Shortly after the guy behind us began to cuss and as Ralphie off the Christmas Story would say, In the heat of battle he wove a tapestry of obscenity, that as far as I know is still hanging in space over the Great Salt Lake. He cussed repeatedly and loudly in our ears until we could take it no longer. We decided we'd rather watch the game on grandpa's new 47" TV in peace with fellow cougar fans than suffer in the war zone. We have now decided to never attend a game at Rice Eccles again, and I'm still trying to figure out why they call it the holy war, because there was definately nothing holy about it!

We had Thanksgiving in Rexburg with mom, dad, Ty, Nick and Grandpa and Grandma Pete. We had a grand time and mom made a delicious feast as usual. I couldn't be more grateful to be with the ones I love and am so thankful for on Thanksgiving. Only thing missing was the Deans but can't wait to see them for Christmas!

During our visit we went to the Grand Teton mall to see this Santa, but as you can see it's definitely one of his helpers, because this obviously sn't him. Cooper unlike his mother at his age was eager to talk to Santa and tell him what he wanted for Christmas.

At the end of our visit we were able to get together with a few friends at the Palmer's house. Jake, Paul, and Evan childhood and college buddies have remained in touch with their first Bishop on campus. The visits to the Palmer's just get bigger and crazier, but only two ornaments were broken at this reunion :} It is always great to see the Palmer family, they are such an awesome and, welcoming family!

INTERNET

We finally got internet! We have been in the process of changing internet providers for two weeks and we are finally in business. I never realized before how much I used the internet, or relied on it, but now I appreciate it even more, especially since we are getting it for free...yipee. I'll post some updates in the near future, perhaps when the babe is napping.